A Bug Hunter's Diary

B.4 The GNU Debugger (gdb)

The following tables list some useful commands of the GNU Debugger (gdb). For a complete list of available commands, see the gdb online documentation.^[94]

Starting and Stopping gdb

Command	Description
gdb program	Starts gdb with program to debug.
quit	Exits the debugger.

General Commands

Command	Description
run arguments	Starts debugged program (with arguments).
attach processID	Attaches the debugger to the running process with processID.

Breakpoints

Command	Description
break <file:> function	Sets a breakpoint at the beginning of the specified function (in file).
break <file:> line number	Sets a breakpoint at the start of the code for that line number (in file).
break *address	Sets a breakpoint at the specified address.
info breakpoints	Lists ...